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    Carter Racing

    BJ Carter was not sure. Chris Carter (a Robin argued, “and that means some things
    sibling and business partner) was on the are not going to be under control. If you
    phone and needed a decision. Should they run want to win, you have to take risks.
    in the race or not? It had been a successful Everybody in racing knows it. The drivers
    have their lives on the line, I have a career
    season so far, but the Pocono race was
    that hangs on every race, and you have every
    important because of the prize money and TV
    dime tied up in the business. That’s the thrill:
    exposure it promised. This first year was hard beating the odds and winning.” Last night
    because the team was trying to make a name for over dinner Robin had added to this argument
    itself. They had run in a lot of small races to forcefully with Burns’ First Law of Racing:
    get this shot at “the big time”. A successful “ Nobody ever won a race sitting in the
    outing could mean more sponsors, a chance to pits.”
    start making some profit for a change, and the
    BJ, Chris and Robin had discussed Carter
    luxury of racing only the major events. But if Racing’s situation the previous evening.
    they suffered another engine failure on national This first season was a success from a racing
    television… standpoint, with the team’s car finishing “in
    the money” (one of the top five) in 12 of the
    “These engine failures are exasperating,” 15 races it completed. As a result, the
    thought BJ. The team’s car had failed seven sponsorship offers critical to the team’s
    times in twenty-four outings this season, with business success were starting to come in. A
    various degrees of damage to the engine and car. big break had come two weeks ago after the
    No one could figure out why. It took a lot of Dunham race, where the team scored its
    sponsor money to replace a $50,000 racing fourth first-place finish. Goodstone Tire had
    engine, and the wasted entry fees were no finally decided Carter Racing deserved its
    small matter either. BJ and Chris had sponsorship at Pocono -- worth a much
    everything they owned riding on Carter Racing. needed $40,000 -- and was considering a full
    This season had to be a success. season contract for next year if the team’s car
    Pat Edwards, the engine mechanic, was finished in the top five in this race. The
    guessing the engine problem was related to Goodstone sponsorship was two million a
    ambient air temperature. When it was cold, year, plus incentives. BJ and Chris had
    the different expansion rates for the head and gotten a favorable response from Goodstone’s
    block seemed to be damaging the head gasket Racing Program Director last week when they
    and causing the engine failures. It was below presented their plans for next season, but it
    freezing last night, which meant a cold was clear that Goodstone’s support depended
    morning for starting the race. on the visibility they generated in this race.

    Robin Burns, the chief mechanic, did not “BJ, we only have another hour to
    agree with Pat’s “gut feeling”. The data decide,” Chris said over the phone. “ At the
    seemed to support Robin’s position (see end of the Dunham race, we were $80,000 in the
    Exhibit 1) in that the gasket failures had hole. Since Dunham, we got the $40,000 from
    occurred over the entire temperature range. Goodstone and paid the $30,000 Pocono entry
    This suggested that temperature was not the fee. If we withdraw now, we can get back half
    issue. Robin had been racing for twenty the $30,000 entry. We’ll lose Goodstone, they’ll
    years and believed that luck was an want $25,000 of their money back, and we’ll
    important element in success. “In racing, you end the season $80,000 in the hole. If we run
    are pushing the limits of what is known,” and finish in the top five, we have Goodstone in
    our pocket and can add another car next

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    season. You know as well as I do, though, that BJ hung up the phone and looked out the
    if we run and lose another engine, we’re back at window at the crisp, fall sky. The cars were
    square one next season. We’ll lose the tire already on the grid, spectators admiring
    sponsorship, and a blown engine is going to the gaudy paint, excitement mounting in
    lose us the new $800,000 oil contract. No oil anticipation of the start. This was what made
    company wants a national TV audience to see a racing at this level special, the cars on display
    smoker being dragged off the track with their with crowds mingling around and waiting for
    name plastered all over it. We can’t live the engines to roar to life. In an hour, the
    without the oil sponsorship. Think about it -- call spectators would retreat to the stands and the
    Pat and Robin if you want -- but I need a cars would circle the track in anticipation of the
    decision in an hour.” start. The temperature sign across the street
    flashed “40 DEGREES 8:23 A.M.”

    Exhibit 1: Note from Robin Burns

    BJ –

    I got the data on the gasket failure problem from Pat. We’ve run 24 races this season, with temperatures
    at race time ranging from 53 to 82 degrees. Pat had a good idea in suggesting we look into this, but as you
    can see, this is not our problem. I tested the data for a correlation between temperature and gasket
    failures, and found no relationship:

    Relationship between Temperature and Gasket Failures

    In comparison with some of the other teams, we have done extremely well this season. We’ve finished
    62.5% of the races, and when we finished, we were in the top five 80% of the time. Our rate of blown
    engines is 29%, but we are running fast, so we have to expect some difficulties. I’m not happy with the
    engine problems, but I will take the four first-place finishes and 50% rate of finishing “in the money” over
    seven engines any day. If we continue to run like this, we will have our pick of sponsors.

    Robin

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